pippin
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.
NounEdit
pippin (plural pippins)
- A seed
Etymology 2Edit
Probably from Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.
NounEdit
pippin (plural pippins)
- Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
- Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties
- An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted)